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explain delay in sending our returns. He tells me there are several others and I have a few days time
Went to see [[strikethrough]] Lieu [[/strikethrough]] Lieutenant [[red underline]] Gardner [[/red underline]] (Navy air force) who showed me latest [[strikethrough]] designs [[/strikethrough]] plans of [[strikethrough]] dri [[/strikethrough]] dirigibles and some of the result of his work in [[red underline]] protective varnishes for balloons and air planes. [[/red underline]] These enormous temporary finance buildings with paper partitions and automatic fire-sprinklers erected on corner of B and seventh streets and filled with officers and clerks - ordnance, construction etc.
Saw [[red underline]] Hale and Milliken [[/red underline]] in regard to [[red underline]] Pringle's proposal [[/red underline]] to initiate engineering societies with work of Patent committee
They agree with me that
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premature publicity would be harmful and that we must [[red underline]] first try to agree among ourselves as to the [[/red underline]] questionnaire. Left with the 2:40 PM train. Late supper at University Club, whence Albert motored me home
Cold and windy aspect of everything
April 10. A very busy day trying to clear belated correspondence
Several letters of [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] describing his visits to [[red underline]] Rome and Naples. [[/red underline]]  
[[red underline]] Rossi tells me everything is all right in Perth Amboy. [[/red underline]]
April 11. Another day fully used for clearing up belated correspondence
April 12. This morning's mail brings me news that [[red underline]] Westinghouse [[/red underline]] is asking bids for amounts of [[red underline]] formaldehyde and [[/red underline]]